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Eddy Casteels
Leuven Bears
PositionHead coach
LeaguePro Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1960-08-19) 19 August 1960 (age 64)
NationalityBelgian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight187 lb (85 kg)
Coaching career1999–present
Career history
As coach:
1999–2000Antwerp Giants
2000–2001Athlon Ieper
2001–2004Oostende
2004–2006Verviers-Pepinster
2006–2008Spirou
2008–2013Antwerp Giants
2014–2016ZZ Leiden
2005–2018Belgium
2018–presentLeuven Bears
Career highlights and awards

Eddy Casteels (born 19 August 1960) is a Belgian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for the Leuven Bears of the Pro Basketball League. From 2005 till 2018 he was the head coach of the Belgium national basketball team

He is also the author of the book Zo De Coach, Zo Het Team.[1]

Career

Casteels has coached several Belgian teams over a long period, as well as one team in the Netherlands in ZZ Leiden. He was named Coach of the Year of the Belgian League three times, as he won the award in 2000, 2002 and 2009.[2]

Casteels' first job as head coach was with the newly merged Racing Basket Antwerpen project. He won the Belgian league with his team in 1999-2000. In the 2000–01 season, Casteels coached Ieper. The Belgian club Athlon Ieper closed down after this season due to financial difficulties.[3] Casteels became winner of the Belgian league with BC Oostende in his first year as head coach of the club. He also won the Belgian Cup in 2002 with Oostende. In 2004 he participated in the FIBA Europe League with his team. In 2004, Casteels became the head coach of Verviers-Pepinster. During his period as head coach of RBC Verviers-Pepinster, Casteels coached his team in the FIBA Europe League in 2005. With the club Spirou Charleroi, Casteels coached in the 2007 EuroCup. In 2008, Casteels signed with the Antwerp Giants. Casteels coached the Antwerp Giants for 4 seasons in a row to the EuroChallenge. On 30 May 2014, Casteels signed a 2-year contract with Dutch team ZZ Leiden of the Dutch Basketball League (DBL).[4][5]

On 8 January 2018, Casteels signed with Leuven Bears.[6]

Belgian national team

Casteels qualified the Belgian Lions towards to four consecutive participations of EuroBasket in 2011, 2013, 2015. and 2017.

Honours

Individual awards:

References

  1. ^ "Boek Eddy Casteels: Zo de coach, zo het team".
  2. ^ Belgian Lions Head Coach Profile
  3. ^ Liquidation of Athlon Ieper
  4. ^ "ZZ Leiden names Eddy Casteels head coach". Sportando.com. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  5. ^ "Belgische bondscoach kiest voor Zorg en Zekerheid Leiden". Eredivisiebasketballleiden.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2014-06-02.
  6. ^ "Een nieuwe start". Leuven Bears. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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